Play Therapy

What is play therapy?

Play therapy is a form of therapy which works well with children as talking is not the only form of communication and expression.  As children are still developing cognitive and verbal abilities, play therapy enables children to convey what’s happening for  them, what may be troubling them, express how they experience a situation or issue, and also makes a way to make sense of what they’re experiencing, gain understanding and insight, try out new ways of being and doing things/life differently and dealing better work with difficult emotions or situations.

Through play therapy, the play therapist is able to enter the  child’s world instead of expecting the child to enter an adult world.  It is a comfortable and familiar space where a child has at their disposal many ways of expressing themselves and their lives and experiences using imaginative play, toys of many kinds, art materials, puppets, sand and games.  Play is a child’s language and a child’s work.